South Carolina Senate Bill 171 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Chapter 41 To Title 5 So As To Enact The "municipal Tax Relief Act", To Allow A Municipality To Impose A Sales And Use Tax Not To Exceed One Percent, Subject To A Referendum, For Municipal Tax Relief Or To Defray Debt Service For Certain Authorized Projects, And To Specify The Manner In Which The Tax Is Imposed, Collected, And Expended; To Amend Section 4-10-320, Relating To The Capital Project Sales Tax Act, So As To Allow A Municipality To Create A Commission; And To Amend Section 4-10-970, As Amended, Relating To The Use Of Revenues From The Local Option Tourism Development Fee, So As To Provide That If The Fee Is Imposed In A Municipality That Is Imposing The Sales And Use Tax Authorized By Chapter 41, Title 5, Then At Least Twenty Percent Of The Revenues Must Be Used To Provide A Property Tax Credit.

Municipal Tax Relief Act

Sen. Greg Hembree [R]

Sen. Ross Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2019-01-08	Senate	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2018-12-12	Senate	Prefiled

H3833 (Similar To) 2019-01-31 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
4	10	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	10	970	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0171&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/171_20181212.htm